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Researcher

Luís Távora

Academic position: Coordinator Professor
Joining date: 27-01-2022
Roles in IT: Researcher
Thematic Line: Information and Data Sciences
Group: Multimedia Signal Processing – Lr

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Address: IT Branch – Leiria
Morro do Lena - Alto do Vieiro
Leiria
2411 - 901
Tel: 244820340

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Collaboration Network
 

SCOPUSSCHOLAR

Scientific Achievements

1Books Chapters
  • J. Filipe, A. Navarro, L.M. Távora, S.M.M. Faria, P.A. Assunção, Machine Learning for Green Smart Video Surveillance, Chapter in, Computational Intelligence Techniques for Green Smart Cities. Green Energy and Technology, Mohamed Lahby, Ala Al-Fuqaha, Yassine Maleh, Springer, Cham, Berlin, 2022
38Papers in Journals
  • L.M. Távora, Machine Learning in MRI Brain Imaging: A Review of Methods, Challenges, and Future Directions, Diagnostics, Vol. 15, No. 21, pp. 2692 - 2692, October, 2025 | BibTex
  • J. Filipe, L.M. Távora, S.M.M. Faria, A. Navarro, P.A. Assunção, Complexity reduction methods for Versatile Video Coding: A comparative review, Digital Signal Processing, Vol. 160, No., pp. 105021 - 105021, May, 2025,
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  • J. Filipe, L.M. Távora, S.M.M. Faria, A. Navarro, P.A. Assunção, Linear Multivariate Decision Trees for Fast QTMT Partitioning in VVC, IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing, Vol. 6, No., pp. 175 - 183, 2025,
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  • D. N. Nicolau, L. A. Thomaz, L.M. Távora, S.M.M. Faria, Enhancing Learning-Based Cross-Modality Prediction for Lossless Medical Imaging Compression, IEEE Open Journal of Signal Processing, Vol. 6, No., pp. 489 - 497, 2025,
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  • F. Cunha, V. B. Blüml, L. M. Z Zopf, A. W. Walter, M. W. Wagner, W. J. W. Weninger, L. A. Thomaz, L.M. Távora, L. A. S. C. Cruz, S.M.M. Faria, Lossy Image Compression in a Preclinical Multimodal Imaging Study, Journal of Digital Imaging, Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 1826 - 1850, April, 2023,
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  • Pedro M. M. Pereira, L. A. Thomaz, L.M. Távora, P.A. Assunção, R. Pinto, R. Paiva, S.M.M. Faria, Multiple Instance Learning Using 3D Features for Melanoma Detection, IEEE Access, Vol. 10, No. 0, pp. 76296 - 76309, July, 2022,
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  • L. A. Thomaz, S.M.M. Faria, L.M. Távora, L. Marcenaro, Automatic Medical Image Diagnosis: Highlights from the 2021 IEEE 5-Minute Video Clip Contest [SP Competitions], IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 130 - 134, May, 2022,
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  • João M. Santos, L. A. Thomaz, P.A. Assunção, L. A. S. C. Cruz, L.M. Távora, S.M.M. Faria, Hierarchical lossless coding of light fields with improved random access, Signal Processing: Image Communication, Vol. 105, No. 0, pp. 116687 - 116687, March, 2022,
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  • Pedro M. M. Pereira, L. A. Thomaz, L.M. Távora, P.A. Assunção, R. Pinto, R. Paiva, S.M.M. Faria, Melanoma Classification using Light-Fields with Morlet Scattering Transform and CNN: surface depth as a valuable tool to increase detection rate, Medical Image Analysis, Vol. 75, No. 75, pp. 102254 - 102254, January, 2022,
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  • R. Lourenço, L.M. Távora, P.A. Assunção, L. A. Thomaz, R. Pinto, S.M.M. Faria, Enhancement of light field disparity maps by reducing the silhouette effect and plane noise, Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing, Vol., No., pp. -, January, 2022,
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  • João M. Santos, L. A. Thomaz, P.A. Assunção, L. A. S. C. Cruz, L.M. Távora, S.M.M. Faria, Lossless Coding of Light Fields based on 4D Minimum Rate Predictors, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 1708 - 1722, January, 2022,
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  • Pedro M. M. Pereira, R. Pinto, R. Paiva, P.A. Assunção, L.M. Távora, L. A. Thomaz, S.M.M. Faria, Dermoscopic skin lesion image segmentation based on Local Binary Pattern Clustering: Comparative study, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, Vol. 59, No. 101924, pp. 101924 - 101924, May, 2020,
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  • L. A. Thomaz, P.A. Assunção, L.M. Távora, S.M.M. Faria, Integer DCT Approximation With Arbitrary Size and Adjustable Precision, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, Vol. 27, No. -, pp. 965 - 969, May, 2020,
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  • Pedro M. M. Pereira, R. Pinto, R. Paiva, P.A. Assunção, L.M. Távora, L. A. Thomaz, S.M.M. Faria, Skin lesion classification enhancement using border-line features – The melanoma vs nevus problem, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, Vol. 57, No. 57, pp. 101765 - 101765, March, 2020,
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  • João M. Santos, P.A. Assunção, L. A. S. C. Cruz, L.M. Távora, R. Pinto, S.M.M. Faria, Lossless coding of light field images based on minimum-rate predictors, Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, Vol. 54, No. 0, pp. 21 - 30, July, 2018,
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  • João M. Santos, P.A. Assunção, L. A. S. C. Cruz, L.M. Távora, R. Pinto, S.M.M. Faria, Performance evaluation of light field pre-processing methods for lossless standard coding, IEEE COMSOC MMTC Communications - Frontiers, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 44 - 49, July, 2017 | Full text (PDF 744 KBs) | BibTex
  • L.M. Távora, Experimental Measurement of the Ne+ and (Ne2)+ Mobilities in Ne and the Reaction Rate Coefficient for (Ne+) + 2Ne→(Ne2)+ + Ne, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 58, No. 4, pp. 2060 - 2063, August, 2011 | BibTex
  • L.M. Távora, Drift field limitations to the energy resolution in Time Projection Chambers for 136Xe neutrino-less double beta decay search, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 641, No. 1, pp. 87 - 91, June, 2011 | BibTex
  • L.M. Távora, Experimental measurement of the mobilities of atomic and dimer Ar, Kr, and Xe ions in their parent gases, Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 133, No. 12, pp. 124316 - 124316, September, 2010 | BibTex
  • L.M. Távora, The X++2X→X2++X reaction rate constant for Ar, Kr and Xe, at 300K, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 619, No. 1-3, pp. 75 - 77, July, 2010 | BibTex
  • L.M. Távora, A new experimental technique for positive ion drift velocity measurements in noble gases: Results for xenon ions in xenon, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 580, No. 1, pp. 66 - 69, September, 2007 | BibTex
  • L.M. Távora, A Monte Carlo study of backscattering effects in the photoelectron emission from {CsI} into {CH}$less$sub$greater$4$less$/sub$greater$and Ar-{CH}$less$sub$greater$4$less$/sub$greater$mixtures, Journal of Instrumentation, Vol. 2, No. 08, pp. P08001 - -P08001, August, 2007,
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  • L.M. Távora, A simulation study of the effect of drift electric fields on the response of radiation detectors using the PENELOPE code, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 562, No. 1, pp. 306 - 310, June, 2006 | BibTex
  • L.M. Távora, Novel geometries to reduce the spectroscopic degradation associated with the drift-field of radiation detectors: a Monte Carlo simulation study for xenon-filled counters, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 1371 - 1374, June, 2006 | BibTex
  • L.M. Távora, Towards the enhancement of the photon/neutron discrimination of C6D6 detectors in the range from 1 to 10 MeV using liquid scintillator materials doped with high-Z elements, Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Vol. 115, No. 1-4, pp. 394 - 397, December, 2005 | BibTex
  • L.M. Távora, Intrinsic limitations in the energy resolution of drift-field based radiation detectors: a Monte Carlo simulation study of Xe-filled counters, Radiation Physics and Chemistry, Vol. 71, No. 3-4, pp. 723 - 725, October, 2004 | BibTex
  • L.M. Távora, The transmission of photoelectrons emitted from CsI photocathodes into Xe, Ar, Ne and their mixtures: a Monte Carlo study of the dependence onE/Nand incident VUV photon energy, Journal Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 540 - 549, January, 2004 | BibTex
  • L.M. Távora, Study of Compton scattering signals in single-sided imaging applications using Monte Carlo methods, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Vol. 213, No. 1, pp. 155 - 161, January, 2004 | BibTex
  • L.M. Távora, A simulation study of the electroluminescence yield of xenon and xenon–neon mixtures contaminated by water vapor, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 505, No. 1-2, pp. 211 - 214, June, 2003 | BibTex
  • L.M. Távora, Monte Carlo studies of a novel X-ray tube anode design, Radiation Physics and Chemistry, Vol. 61, No. 3-6, pp. 527 - 529, June, 2001 | BibTex
  • L.M. Távora, Enhancing the ratio of fluorescence to bremsstrahlung radiation in X-ray tube spectra, Applied Radiation and Isotopes, Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 59 - 72, January, 2001 | BibTex
  • L.M. Távora, Design considerations for transmission x-ray tubes operated at diagnostic energies, Journal Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 33, No. 19, pp. 2497 - 2507, September, 2000 | BibTex
  • L.M. Távora, Simulation of X-ray tubes for imaging applications, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 1493 - 1498, August, 2000 | BibTex
  • L.M. Távora, Development of a high speed X-ray tomography system for multiphase flow imaging, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 380 - 384, June, 1999 | BibTex
  • L.M. Távora, Photon production using a low energy electron expansion of the EGS4 code system, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Vol. 143, No. 3, pp. 253 - 271, September, 1998 | BibTex
  • L.M. Távora, One-sided imaging of large, dense objects using 511-keV photons from induced-pair production, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 970 - 975, June, 1998 | BibTex
  • L.M. Távora, On the potential of photon induced annihilation photons for inspection of engineering structures, Applied Radiation and Isotopes, Vol. 48, No. 10-12, pp. 1625 - 1633, October, 1997 | BibTex
  • L.M. Távora, The energy nonlinearity of a xenon gas proportional scintillation counter at the K-absorption edge in xenon, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 350, No. 1-2, pp. 216 - 220, October, 1994 | BibTex
48Papers in Conferences
3Patents

Closed Projects5

Acronym Name Funding Agency Start date Ending date
CIBME CIBME - Compressão de Imagens Biomédicas de Modalidades Emergentes IT/LA 01-05-2020 31-12-2023
CoMBINNe Compression of Multimodal Biomedical Images using Neural Networks FCT 12-03-2023 11-03-2025
DermoPleno Dermo­Plenoptic imaging for skin lesion assessment IT/LA 01-04-2016 01-12-2018
LFLS Light Field Laser Speckle in Medical Imaging (confidential) 01-04-2017 01-03-2018
PlenoISLA Plenoptic imaging for skin lesion assessment FCT/POCI, P2020 25-07-2018 31-12-2021

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